The Warren Alpert Medical School Chapter of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA), in collaboration with the Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group, is hosting an (HGI). Higher Ground International is a local NGO that provides resources and enrichment services to elderly West African immigrant and refugee community members. During the COVID-19 pandemic, their Rukiya Center has been packaging and distributing food for eligible families in need as part of their “Sweetie Care” African Elders Enrichment Program.

If you would like to participate individually, you can register here. Registration for this event will end November 11th. Sign up now! You can also donate to our fundraiser in place of, or in addition to, your race registration.

Brown's SNMA and LMIG also invite your department to become an official sponsor of the event and further support our fundraising efforts for Higher Ground International. By making any one of the following donations, you will reserve a space on the back of our event t-shirt for your department’s name.

Department Sponsorship Options:
Platinum Sponsor: $1,000
Gold Sponsor: $500
Silver Sponsor: $300
Bronze Sponsor: $200

Department Sponsorship Instructions:
If your department is interested in becoming an official sponsor for the SNMA/LMIG Virtual 5K event, please send an email to snma5kevent@gmail.com.

Payment Methods:
Cash/Venmo: @SNMA_AMS
Check made payable to the ‘Student National Medical Association’ 
Donate via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/run-for-black-lives- snmalmig-virtual-5k-race-tickets-125381438257?aff=erelexpmlt

Over the past few months, our SNMA chapter has participated in the Student National Medical Association's #SeeUs campaign, a campaign which "aims to give imagery behind the fact that racism is a public health issue in the United States." Our chapter gathered 36 Black medical students to reflect on this current moment in history, where unprecedented public health crises and mass movements have collided to shed light on all of the darkness spurred by centuries of systemic racism and white supremacy in the United States. In light of our own historic collective activism here at Brown, we decided to share all of these reflections with the larger Brown community in a special edition newsletter!